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Aquamarine

Master storyteller Alice Hoffman has written a tale of enchantment: a luminous lesson in how to say goodbye and how to hold on to those we love best of all.

Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart: a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her six sisters to search for love on land. Now, as this mythological yet very real being starts to fade in the burning August sun, a rescue is begun.

On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire learn that life can take an unpredictable course, that friendship is forever, and that magic can be found in the most unexpected places.

Ages

11, 12, 9, 10

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 7

Grade Level Equivalent

6.4

Lexile Measure

940L

DRA

60

Guided Reading

W

Publisher

Scholastic Inc.

Number of Pages

112

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction and Fantasy

About the Author

Alice HoffmanAlice Hoffman is the bestselling author of Green Angel, Indigo, Aquamarine, The Foretelling, Incantation, and for adults, Practical Magic and The Third Angel, among many other acclaimed works. Her latest novel is Green Witch. she lives in Massachusetts.